Systems and methods are provided for collecting measurement data for a three-dimensional object. In embodiments, a computer model of the three-dimensional object is generated that correlates points on the three-dimensional object with points in three-dimensional space; the computer model is used to collect measurement data of the three-dimensional object and associate the collected measurement data with points in three-dimensional space; and a plan view computer model of the three-dimensional object is generated that depicts the measurement data in two dimensions and that associates the depicted measurement data with points in three-dimensional space.
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2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the computer model of the three-dimensional object is a two-dimensional texture model of the surface of the three-dimensional object.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the collected measurement data is populated into the grid cells of the plan view computer model.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the collected measurement data is ultrasonic measurement data, and the ultrasonic measurement data is populated into the grid cells of the plan view computer model to generate a C-Scan image.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the plan view computer model associates the grid cells with positions in three-dimensional space.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the computer model of the three-dimensional object is a two-dimensional texture model of the surface of the three-dimensional object.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein scanning software instructions are further configured to populate the collected measurement data into the grid cells of the plan view computer model.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the collected measurement data is ultrasonic measurement data, and the ultrasonic measurement data is populated into the grid cells of the plan view computer model to generate a C-Scan image.
18. The system of claim 16, wherein the plan view computer model associates the grid cells with positions in three-dimensional space.
20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the computer model of the three-dimensional object is a two-dimensional texture model of the surface of the three-dimensional object.
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